Kanei Chronicles

Overview

From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of swords. But behind the match a bloodthirsty plot is born. Tokugawa Yorinobu, a corrupt shogunate official plans to assassinate Shogun Iemitsu and take his place. With scheming samurai Yui Shosetsu and ruthless Negoro ninja leader Genyusai, he plans to incite a ronin uprising and cut a bloody trail across Japan, with terrifying Chinese gunboats to back his play. Matsudaira Izu-no-kami, councilor and friend to the shogun, along with master swordsman Yagyu Jubei and ninja master Hanzo Hattori must stop Yui Shosetsu and his army of ronin and ninja assassins from tearing the country in half and taking over the government!

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 19, 1991

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Masao Imafuku,Tappei Shimokawa,Shōhei Hino,Nobuo Kawai,Isao Natsuyagi,Toru Minegishi,Kazunaga Tsuji,Seiichirō Kameishi,Jun Miho,Raita Ryuand 12 more

Director

Kōsei Saitō

Writer

Renzaburō Shibata,Satoshi Kurumi,Ei Ogawa

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6918428